Agropsar sturninus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
The Daurian starling (Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling, is a species of bird in the starling family found in the eastern Palearctic from eastern Mongolia and southeastern Russia to North Korea and central China.
The Daurian starling was previously placed in the genus Sturnus. It was moved to the resurrected genus Agropsar based on the results of two molecular phylogenetic studies that were published in 2008. The Daurian starling is distinguished from other starling species by its dark mantle and crown and narrow wing bars.
The natural habitats of the Daurian starling are boreal forests and temperate forests. BirdLife International 2004. Sturnus sturninus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Bandung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 7 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 8 | Wuhan | 🇨🇳 China | |
| 9 | Thiruvananthapuram | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Starling sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 209 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 68th most-seen of the 228 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October to January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Daurian Starling in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in April to September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Daurian Starling sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 11 cities where we can rate Daurian Starling sightings, Kuala Lumpur ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Johor Bahru (Malaysia, about 10%).
Same family: Sturnidae
The closest relatives of the Daurian Starling that you can see in Kuala Lumpur (family Sturnidae, Starlings) are Javan Myna (about 80%), Asian Glossy Starling (about 70%) and Common Hill Myna (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Daurian Starling is recorded against all the birds logged in Kuala Lumpur (209 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
